Bringing back the start button in force

There are so many ways to activate the Start menu on the Windows Surface. Windows 8.1 now has so many ways to get to our beloved feature.
I noticed six ways when playing with a Surface in the Windows Store.

The Surface isn’t too hard to use and feels hefty in a good way, but I’m not about to ditch my Macbook Air for one just yet.

I have counted the mouse click and finger tap as separate ways to invoke Start.